The company Held und Francke, based in Linz has been continually developing for nearly 50 years. Here you will find an insight into the exciting history of our origins.
1961 | Founding of a branch in Austria in Linz/Upper Austria. Construction of many civil engineering works such as e.g. the Olympia Bridge in Innsbruck, Staumauer Power Station Klaus, the Werfen tunnel chain, A13 Luegbrücke |
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1964 | Setting-up of a workshop in Eferding/Upper Austria |
1965 | Setting-up of an asphalt mixing plant in Windpassing near Enns/Lower Austria |
1969 | Setting-up of an asphalt mixing plant in Windpassing near Enns/Lower Austria |
from 1982 | Continual expansion of turnover and of the business fields of sewer-construction, building construction, clarification plant, pipeline and tunnel construction |
1989 | Founding of the branch in Salzburg and St. Pölten/Lower Austria |
1990 | Sale of HF Munich (incl. HF Austria) |
1992 | Founding of the branch in Vienna |
1993 | Group-internal merger of HF Austria and AST Holzmann Graz |
1996 | Founding of the branch in Steyr/Upper Austria, founding of the subsidiary Straßen- und Plasterbau GmbH, setting-up of the asphalt mixing plant in Wölbing/Lower Austria (holding 50%) |
1997 | Setting-up of the new office building of the headquarters in Linz/Upper Austria |
1998 | Setting-up of the asphalt mixing plant in Ilz/Styria, founding of a branch in Villach/Carinthia |
1999 | Founding of a branch in Lieboch near Graz/Styria, Rebuilding of the building yard in Eferding/Upper Austria |
2000 | Purchasing of the company Stadtbaumeister Gebrüder Wagner/Salzburg |
2001 | Sale of Held & Francke to the Habau group of companies |
2002 | Purchase of an asphalt mixing plant in Wals near Salzburg |
2003 | Founding of a branch in Innsbruck/Tyrol Contribution of the asphalt mixing plant in Großwilfersdorf/Styria to the new company AMI/Styria, Setting-up of the asphalt mixing plant in Hinzenbach/Upper Austria |
2004 | Introduction of the mixing plant into the company AMW Hinzenbach/Upper Austria, holdings in Wöllersdorf mixing plant (Company: AWW/Lower Austria), founding of a construction office in Purbach/Burgenland |
2005 | Holding in the company Hemmelmair Frästechnik GmbH, founding of a construction office in Amstetten/Lower Austria |
2006 | Takeover of the company Holzner Tief- und Straßenbau GmbH & Co KG/Bavaria |
2007 | Opening of the newly constructed office building at the building yard in Eferding/Upper Austria |
2008 | Takeover of the company Seidl Bau from Brunn am Gebirge/Lower Austria, founding of two new asphalt companies in Roppen/Tyrol (Company: AMO) and Sachsenburg/Carinthia (Company: OKA) |
2009 | Founding of the company HF-Cteam Leitungsbau GmbH (holding 50%), opening of the newly constructed branch office building in Loosdorf/Lower Austria, |
H&F and Cteam have become HF Cteam. This group of companies is responsible for overhead pipeline construction in Austria.[more]
With HABAU-FIT FOR A LIFETIME, we are taking an important step in the direction of being fit for work up to a ripe old age.[more]
At Held und Francke the term "further training" is not just an empty phrase. Developing and also challenging personnel is of central importance for us.[more]
